Hal Murray wrote:
Google didn't do anything to usenet. They did provide a web based
interface into usenet, and bought the dejanews archive of all
non-binary groups.
"Google didn't do anything" is the key part. In particular, they didn't do
anything when spammers discovered another free resource to be abused.
Google has no control over usenet. It is a beast that runs on its own
absent any central control, or regulation. It is just another channel
on the internet; just as IRC, www, email, limewire, kazaa, instant messenger,
BitTorrent, and about 2000 other services.
What google did to usenet is provide a portal that spammers find easy
to use. AOL did the same thing... and so did a host of other ISP's.
-Chuck Harris
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